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0 pointskcb2y ago0 comments

Surely, it is the year of RISC-V.

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Well, the fact that both Microchip and Nordic Semiconductor are shipping actual chips based on RISC-V says that if it's not this year, the year is really close.

ErikBjare2y ago

Actual RISC-V chips have been shipping for half a decade, so the year has been close for 5 years.

bsder2y ago

Not on Digikey or Mouser, they haven't.

Yes, there have been an assortment of dodgy "RISC-V" chips from dodgy Chinese suppliers that would appear and disappear like spectral invaders from another dimension.

Until last year, though, I couldn't plan around being able to buy and put a RISC-V chip in a product. Now I can.

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bsder2y ago

Well, the fact that both Microchip and Nordic Semiconductor are shipping actual chips based on RISC-V says that if it's not this year, the year is really close.

ErikBjare2y ago

Actual RISC-V chips have been shipping for half a decade, so the year has been close for 5 years.

bsder2y ago

Not on Digikey or Mouser, they haven't.

Yes, there have been an assortment of dodgy "RISC-V" chips from dodgy Chinese suppliers that would appear and disappear like spectral invaders from another dimension.

Until last year, though, I couldn't plan around being able to buy and put a RISC-V chip in a product. Now I can.

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